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Overly vs Excessively - What's the difference?

overly | excessively |

As adverbs the difference between overly and excessively

is that overly is to an excessive degree while excessively is to an excessive degree.

As an adjective overly

is careless; negligent; inattentive; superficial; not thorough.

overly

English

Adverb

(-)
  • To an excessive degree.
    • Parents can be overly protective of their children.
  • *
    • This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Careless; negligent; inattentive; superficial; not thorough.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • (obsolete) Excessive; too much.
    • (Coleridge)

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    excessively

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • To an excessive degree.
    • The application form was excessively complicated.
  • In excess.
    • He smoked excessively .